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location = Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Poona (Pune), India | | location = Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Poona (Pune), India | | ||
language = English | | language = English | | ||
syn = | syn = Our Beloved Master, | ||
: | :When Tenjiku was asked about the incident of Tanka burning the statue, he replied, "When it is cold we gather around the hearth by the fire." | ||
:" | :"Was he wrong or not?" persisted the monk. | ||
:" | :"When it is hot we sit in a bamboo forest in the valley," said Tenjiku. | ||
: | :The day after the burning of the statue, Tanka Tennen went to see Nan-Yo, who had once been a disciple of Eno and was the emperor's Zen master. When Tanka unrolled his Zazen rug, Nan-Yo said, "There's no need." | ||
: | :Tanka took a few steps backward. | ||
: | :Nan-Yo said, "that's right." | ||
: | :At this, tanka took a few steps forward. | ||
: | :Nan-Yo said, "that's not right." | ||
: | :Tanka walked around Nan-Yo one time and left. | ||
: | :Nan-Yo commented, "The old, golden days are far away, and people are now so lazy. Thirty years from now, it will be difficult to get hold of this fellow." | ||
The second question: | The second question: | ||
:D.T. | :D.T. Suzuki, the man who introduced Zen to the western intelligentsia, said: "Zen must be seized with bare hands, with no gloves on." | ||
: | :Would you like to comment? | ||
Maneesha's question | (Maneesha's question) | ||
:D.T. Suzuki describes two different kinds of "Seeing" as denoted by two different Chinese characters. | |||
:D.T. | |||
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auav = yes | | auav = yes | |
Revision as of 10:05, 30 December 2017
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date & time | 20 Feb 1989 pm |
location | Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Poona (Pune), India |
language | English |
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- Our Beloved Master,
- When Tenjiku was asked about the incident of Tanka burning the statue, he replied, "When it is cold we gather around the hearth by the fire."
- "Was he wrong or not?" persisted the monk.
- "When it is hot we sit in a bamboo forest in the valley," said Tenjiku.
- The day after the burning of the statue, Tanka Tennen went to see Nan-Yo, who had once been a disciple of Eno and was the emperor's Zen master. When Tanka unrolled his Zazen rug, Nan-Yo said, "There's no need."
- Tanka took a few steps backward.
- Nan-Yo said, "that's right."
- At this, tanka took a few steps forward.
- Nan-Yo said, "that's not right."
- Tanka walked around Nan-Yo one time and left.
- Nan-Yo commented, "The old, golden days are far away, and people are now so lazy. Thirty years from now, it will be difficult to get hold of this fellow."
The second question:
- D.T. Suzuki, the man who introduced Zen to the western intelligentsia, said: "Zen must be seized with bare hands, with no gloves on."
- Would you like to comment?
(Maneesha's question)
- D.T. Suzuki describes two different kinds of "Seeing" as denoted by two different Chinese characters.
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